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Sessions Opens First Subcommittee Hearing on Fraud in Government Payment Systems

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee’s first hearing of the 119th Congress titled “Shifting Gears: Moving from Recovery to Prevention of Improper Payments and Fraud.” Subcommittee Chairman Sessions began his remarks by emphasizing that preventing fraudulent and improper payments will continue to be an important subject of investigation ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: Preventing Fraud in Government Payment Systems Through Bipartisan, Commonsense Solutions

“Actual data and actual solutions are what today’s hearing is going to be about” WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing today titled “Shifting Gears: Moving from Recovery to Prevention of Improper Payments and Fraud” to continue a multi-year long investigation into flaws in federal government payment ...
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Sessions and Mfume Send Bipartisan Letter Requesting GAO to Review Persistent Issues with DOD’s Vetting System

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) continue their bipartisan oversight of the Department of Defense’s personnel vetting practices. The lawmakers remain concerned about delays and issues with the National Background Investigation Service (NBIS) program. In a letter to the U.S. Government and Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro, they requested a GAO ...
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After DOD Fails its Seventh Financial Audit, Sessions Asks GAO to Address Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is requesting the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) continue to support efforts to conduct oversight of U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and its failure to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse within the Department. In a letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, Subcommittee Chairman Sessions requests GAO’s ongoing assistance in analyzing the results of DOD’s fiscal ...
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Sessions & Mfume Request GAO Examine $2.7 Trillion in Improper Payments and Provide Anti-Fraud Recommendations

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) are advancing bipartisan oversight to tackle improper payments and fraud in federal government programs. In a letter to the Comptroller General at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Gene Dodaro, they request information on how federal agencies are identifying root causes of improper payments and implementing corrective actions and ...
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Sessions Opens Hearing on Tracking Progress in Improving DOD’s Financial Practices

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today opened a hearing titled “Tracking Progress: Examining the Department of Defense’s Financial Management Practices” by emphasizing the importance of improving financial transparency at the Department of Defense (DOD) to instill ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: Proactive Oversight is Necessary to Ensure DOD Moves Toward a Clean Financial Audit

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce today held a hearing titled “
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Sessions to Hold Hearing on DOD’s Financial Practices and Progress Toward Clean Audit

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today announced a hearing titled “Tracking Progress: Examining the Department of Defense’s Financial Management Practices” to bring transparency to the Department of Defense’s (DOD) financial management practices and progress towards ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: Mitigating Fraud Can Be Done with a Risk-Based, Whole-of-Government Response

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce today held a hearing titled “Where Do We Go From Here? Examining a Path Forward to Assess Agencies’ Efforts to Prevent Improper Payments and Fraud” to examine the effectiveness of existing oversight mechanisms in federal agencies to ...
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Sessions Opens Hearing on Improper Payments in COVID Unemployment Insurance Programs

WASHINGTON—Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) today opened a hearing titled “Where Do We Go From Here? Examining a Path Forward to Assess Agencies’ Efforts to Prevent Improper Payments and Fraud” by discussing findings in the Oversight Committee’s staff ...